"The borough has a good system for removing graffiti. It’s been reported and will be dealt with and we will keep on dealing with it.

"It is sad because one of the main reasons was for kids to use the road as a way to school so they haven’t been encouraged to look after their surroundings.

"But it’s just one group of kids."

Now the tunnel is open, work has begun to regenerate the surrounding area with a management plan in place with Epsom and Ewell Council, Surrey County Council and the Lower Mole Countryside Project
(LMCP) to turn adjacent land into an allotment site.

Volunteers from the LMPC will also be building a new habitat for great crested newts which live on the site.

Helen Cocker, acting project manager at the Lower Mole project said: "There’s quite a healthy population of great crested newts there but they only have one pond so if there was any pollution
incidents or anything that would be the end of them.

"So we are going to dig out a second pond and build a newt hibernacula (a place where newts can hibernate over the winter). We are also planning to plant a hedge to screen off the travellers site.

"When we finish our work Epsom and Ewell Council will be installing a fence to separate the area from the future allotment site.

"The main thing is, it will make the whole are look cared for and not neglected."

A spokesperson for Epsom and Ewell Council said: "In July 2010 the council agreed to create an additional pond on part of the former allotment site and to return the rest of the site to allotment
use.

"The pond, together with associated works such as improvements to fences and panting of hedges, will be carried out over the next few months and should be completed by May.

"The remainder of the site will then be returned to allotment use by creating approximately 20 new plots.

"The site will be laid out during the summer and we will be marketing the new plots in the autumn ready for the 2013 planting season.

"Unfortunately, graffiti is a fact of modern life. The Council has a team who remove it.

"We will be dealing with the graffiti in the subway as soon as possible."

Comments

Ranbud
4:20pm Fri 16 Mar 12

Here is what needs to be done. Install Tripwire Covert cameras to monitor the walkway. Get a photo of everyone entering during specific times and catch these vandals in the act. Database these names prior to removal so it can be used against the vandals when they are caught. We can show you how to stop these vandals, all of our information is free at The Nograf Network.

Here is what needs to be done. Install Tripwire Covert cameras to monitor the walkway. Get a photo of everyone entering during specific times and catch these vandals in the act. Database these names prior to removal so it can be used against the vandals when they are caught. We can show you how to stop these vandals, all of our information is free at The Nograf Network.Ranbud

Here is what needs to be done. Install Tripwire Covert cameras to monitor the walkway. Get a photo of everyone entering during specific times and catch these vandals in the act. Database these names prior to removal so it can be used against the vandals when they are caught. We can show you how to stop these vandals, all of our information is free at The Nograf Network.

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B-Blanco23
8:13pm Mon 19 Mar 12

If its just 'one' group of kids then I'm sure the counsellor (who must know them) has passed on these details to the police, so the walkway is safe to be used by the community and newts again. Then the community will be even safer when the screen goes up to help us not see the 'other' community. Who decided that needs a lesson in Diversity.

If its just 'one' group of kids then I'm sure the counsellor (who must know them) has passed on these details to the police, so the walkway is safe to be used by the community and newts again. Then the community will be even safer when the screen goes up to help us not see the 'other' community. Who decided that needs a lesson in Diversity.B-Blanco23

If its just 'one' group of kids then I'm sure the counsellor (who must know them) has passed on these details to the police, so the walkway is safe to be used by the community and newts again. Then the community will be even safer when the screen goes up to help us not see the 'other' community. Who decided that needs a lesson in Diversity.

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